The Dubai Marathon

The Dubai Marathon is known for its extremes: the extreme heat, the world-class elites, the exorbitant prize money, and now in 2023 there is one more superlative to add … a painfully boring race course.

All We (Runners) Want for Christmas

A bit of advice for Santa this Christmas

The Snowman Race, Bhutan

Covering more than 203 kilometers (126 Miles) through the wild and challenging terrains of the Himalayan range, with mountain passes as high as 5470M (17,946 feet) the Snowman Race was an ultra-marathon, challenging the world’s fittest and most elite runners to help raise awareness of the impacts of Climate Change.

Detox without a Diet

Detox cleanses and diets are popular. In fact, just the idea of any type of purification for our bodies is enticing as a sort of kick-start for our system. But detox diets rarely identify the specific toxins they aim to remove. And with so many variables in play, the mechanisms by which they work are also unclear. In fact, there is little clinical evidence that detox diets remove any measurable toxins from the body at all. So what’s all the hype?

Trail Running in the Swiss Alps

Trail Verbier St Bernard: The newest race in the UTMB World Series but not without a long history of its own

DNF: Do Not Forget (…your priorities)

List of Priorities: (1) Physical and mental health. (2) See Nr. 1

Eccentric Muscle Training

Now that the trail running scene is booming and runners are transitioning from flat road races to courses with significant ups and downs, the term eccentric muscle training is popping up more often in our runner’s lingo. But what exactly is eccentric training? And do YOU need it, even if you are a true-blooded road racer?

Lebe um 100 Jahre alt zu werden

Ein alter Witz fragt: „Wer zum Teufel will schon 100 Jahre alt werden?“ Antwort: "Ein 99-Jähriger."

Base Training: Not Just For Endurance Runners

What exactly is base training? And how important is it? Base training could principally be described as ‘training to train, not training to race.’ It is a period used to strengthen the muscular and aerobic systems and get the body prepared for the greater stresses that are applied when training to race. The goal of base training is to develop a runner’s aerobic potential to its maximum before implementing anaerobic training, which fine-tunes the body to run at greater speed.

New Meaning to the ‘Runner's High’

The runner's high, that feeling of euphoria that sometimes accompanies aerobic exercise, has often been attributed to the release of endorphins, but new research suggests that it might be due to endocannabinoids instead. Giving new meaning to the term ‘high’.

Fuelling a 41-hour ‘Long’ Run

Long runs are the pillar of training for the marathon and any other long distance race, but fuelling them can be tricky. And if your mind is boggled at the thought of fuelling a 3-hour run, imagine what’s required for more than a day on your feet?

Adventure Challenge Silkeborg

Adventure racing is anything but mainstream. A multidisciplinary endurance sport far removed from civilization that tests the mind as well as the body. Race Report: Nordisk Adventure Challenge Silkeborg

New Age Group, New Goals

We age. There is no way around it. And eventually we reach a point where our PRs will stand for eternity. So how can we motivate ourselves to achieve goals that are seemingly unachievable? Answer: Find new ones.

Dry January: Bringt das was für Hobby-Sportler? Die Antwort wird dich überraschen

Wenn wir uns also unserer Gesundheit genug bewusst sind, um regelmäßig Sport zu treiben und unseren kulinarischen Genuss unter Kontrolle zu halten, ist es dann wirklich von Vorteil, einen Monat lang auf Alkohol zu verzichten? Die Antwort ist ein überwältigendes: Ja!

Can I increase my pain tolerance?

Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.

The Trail Runner's Secret

The major difference between road running and trail running is the terrain: rocks, roots, ruts, and uneven ground from start to finish. Running trails takes concentration which isn’t necessarily required when running along a road on which you can zone out and Zen up.

Autsch, Blasen - kleine Ursache, große Wirkung! So kannst du Blasen vermeiden

Das sind meine Füße nach dem dritten Tag im Sand der marokkanischen Sahara. Könnten die Blasen mit der richtigen Fußpflege, Schuhen und Socken vermieden werden? Wahrscheinlich nicht. Die meisten von uns laufen jedoch nicht regelmäßig unter solch widrigen Bedingungen, sodass wir viel tun können, um ein Worst-Case-Szenario zu vermeiden.

Chemistry and Endurance: What the body requires to run for hours... or days

I am not a chemist, nor have I taken a chemistry class since college, which wasn’t even in the past decade, nor the one before…nor, well, you get the point, so when I was recently asked to speak at the University of Regensburg to a group of high school (gymnasium) students interested in studying chemistry, my first reaction was, "What does ultra running have to do with chemistry?" Then I realised the answer is quite simple: Just about everything.